Chapter 54 Hello, Frost Melon July 31, IH Nationwide...

July 31st, the day before the IH National Competition.

All members of Shiratorizawa came to Tokyo by bus. Since the cheerleaders and the regular team went separately, Midorikawa arrived at the hotel more than an hour earlier than Shirabu and the others.

After glancing at the hotel pictures Midorikawa had sent him, Shirabu tilted his head to look at Senmi, who was sitting off to the side, lightly sleeping with his eyes closed. "...Senmi-senpai?"

When Semi opened his eyes, he saw Shirabu's confused expression, and he said "Hmm?" in confusion.

Shirabu: "Axing and the others don't seem to live in the same place as us?"

So that was it. Senmi understood and explained, "The hotel we chose was close to the gymnasium, and there are usually other schools there, so there weren't any extra rooms for the cheerleaders. Midorikawa and the others were probably placed in a hotel a little further away."

After hearing this, Baibu understood and nodded without saying anything else.

Of the three major tournaments, with the exception of the Spring High School, which is held annually in Tokyo, the International High School and the National High School rotate among prefectures. Originally, this year's IH was supposed to be held in Aichi Prefecture, but other commitments were made there, forcing them to abandon the event. Ultimately, Tokyo was chosen, and as for the National High School, Kanagawa Prefecture appears to be hosting it this year.

I don’t know when it will be Miyagi’s turn.

There's no reason why each prefecture scrambles to host the event every year. For example, a region like Tokyo, with its dense concentration of universities, gets two qualifying spots, and hosting the event adds one more. Aichi Prefecture was supposed to have one this year, but unfortunately, due to this incident, the spot was eventually awarded to a Tokyo school. (Note 1)

Then again, Setimi couldn't sleep much after being woken up, and now Tokyo was still nearly an hour's drive away, so he had nothing to do, so he looked at the qualifiers for this year's national competition. Shiratorizawa was not a superman, and it was impossible for him to formulate tactics for every opponent before knowing the opponents. Under the arrangement of the instructor, in addition to the strong schools of last year's semi-finals, Tokyo's Ichiyama, Hyogo's Inarizaki, Kyoto's Rakuzan, and Oita's Komazaka, the ones he focused on were Orushavagani and Fukuda General. He didn't know who he would meet, so he chose the opponent he least wanted to meet according to his speculation.

However, there were additional teams in Tokyo this year. Senmi looked at them for a while, his brows furrowed, "...Tomi."

He had heard a little about Tomi High School's volleyball team, but surprisingly, Hyotei wasn't the one who made it this year. After a moment's thought, Senmi handed the phone to Ohira Shion, "Hyotei didn't make it to nationals this year."

Ohira Shion's expression remained unchanged. "Did they get defeated by some school?"

"...We didn't get into that school either." There was a suspicious pause. He hadn't noticed it before, but now he remembered. Wasn't the one who defeated Hyotei the same one who had his eye on Kenjo? They hadn't even made it to nationals after all this. Even so, for a metropolitan high school to reach the Tokyo semifinals was quite impressive.

Ohira Shion: "Let's go back and watch their game. There's still half a day left."

Senmi nodded, "That's right."

The topic was over. After Seto withdrew his gaze, he couldn't help but look in the direction of Tendou Jue. This time, it was Tendou who was sitting with Jiancheng. At this moment, the other party seemed to be putting something on the sleeping blue-haired setter.

Seni: Wait, what is Tendou doing?

“…Is he putting out oranges?”

As far as the eye can see, there are several oranges placed on the person who is sleeping with his head tilted, and it seems that he is playing Jenga.

By the way, where do the oranges come from in this season?

"It fell out of Shinichi-kun's bag," Tendou made a "yeah" gesture after hearing this, "It's back to its rightful owner." He even took a photo of himself and Jiancheng, who was already covered with several oranges.

Senmi Eita held his chin and said, "You've been playing the whole time."

And Jiancheng is the same... How can he sleep so soundly in this situation?

——It’s a new cutscene!

The farmer concentrated, the farmer tried to understand, and the farmer failed utterly.

In the end, I accidentally fell asleep because it was too long, and when I woke up, I found that I had changed locations and arrived in the desert.

That was great. Lewis didn't even take his 500 yen this time. The farmer skillfully lifted the outer bag, ignored the words from Parsnip, and strode out.

Behind him, Shirabu said expressionlessly to Kawanishi Taichi. He was completely puzzled as to where Jiancheng had pulled out those bizarre things from: "How on earth did he evade the search? I clearly checked that bag with Axing, or maybe there's a hidden layer that hasn't been discovered..."

It was the same last time in Kanagawa, and it's still the same now in Tokyo. Seriously, is that fishing rod still with Jiancheng? The more Baibu thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong, and finally shouted: "Jiancheng!"

Seeing that he couldn't escape, the farmer had to turn back.

Shirabu Kenjiro put his hands to his mouth and made a loudspeaker gesture: "Don't go fishing secretly!"

The farmer held up his backpack, his expression calm: "Yeah."

Behind Baibu was Kawanishi Taichi, who was pulling him and whispering a reminder that Jiancheng wouldn't listen at all.

The farmer's little trick was discovered! But it didn't work, the players on the surface just nodded.

Yes, he knew it, but he would not do it.

The farmer demonstrated on the spot what it means to let something go in one ear and out the other.

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"...No way," students from other schools got off the bus at the same time. They all had strange expressions on their faces when they saw Shiratorizawa's bus. Unlike Shiratorizawa's white and purple color scheme, this school's sports uniforms were a combination of white representing the sky and blue representing the sea. "Are we going to live with Shiratorizawa?"

He looked at the person next to him who was much taller than him and said.

The taller one with brown hair had a look of helplessness instead of shock. "Don't show your disgust, Guanglai..."

Then he added, "This is the hotel closest to the gymnasium, so it's normal for there to be other schools."

Xinghai Guanglai turned his head and said, "Tsk."

Hirugami Yukiro:......

If the captain saw him, he would say he has a strong personality.

But I really didn't expect to run into him just when I came here. Ah, someone on the opposite side was looking over here... Hirugami collected his thoughts and looked at the first person who got off the car and approached the hotel. There was not much expression on the other person's face. He seemed to be only a little shorter than him. Is he also a first-year attacker?

Hirugami Yukiro made some space and looked at the other party's movements——

You don’t know unless you look carefully, and you’ll be a little scared at first glance. Why is this person holding the bag?

Then he stopped in front of him, no, Hirugami observed carefully and found that he stopped because he saw the light of the sea of ​​stars coming.

Then they froze in the middle, not saying a word. This scene was truly eerie. Guanglai had always been very competitive with these taller players, and he might have thought they were provoking him, deliberately playing some "whoever looks away first loses" trick. He glanced at Xinghai Guanglai's expression, finally confirming his thoughts, and broke the silence with a word: "...this classmate?"

Hirugami smiled, "What do you want?"

It’s best not to say anything that would make Guanglai angry. After all, what exactly does he want to do?

Is he just staring at someone without saying a word, brewing some evil plot? Shiratorizawa is considered a national power, so he wouldn't do such a low-class thing... Wait, why does it feel like someone else is running towards him at a high speed? No way, is this blue-haired guy in front of me really a troublemaker?

Hirugami suddenly became alert.

Then, under the shocked expressions of the people behind him, the blue-haired boy in front of him spoke seriously and solemnly -

"you,"

Xinghai Guanglai crossed his arms with a sullen look on his face, thinking that if this damn tall guy dared to say something like that he was short, he would punch him in the stomach first.

"...Do you like oranges?"

As Shirabu Kenjiro grabbed Kenjo's collar, he asked this question.

The next second, due to inertia, the farmer fell to the ground and looked at the windbreak that was holding him with a pair of puzzled eyes.

The first thing he said was: "I didn't fish either."

Shirabu: ...

Taichi Kawanishi, who was following behind: ...

Hirugami and Hoshikai: ...

Several people looked at each other.

Shiratorizawa showed such a great courtesy right from the start?

The farmer's HP was reduced by one, but it was not a big problem. He was almost used to the windbreaks often hurting people. Besides, such minor injuries were completely insignificant to him. It would take only a few minutes to fill up the value by eating the crops. He got up from the ground quickly, took out an orange from his backpack and handed it to Xinghai Guang in front of him, then cast an expectant look at him.

Xinghai, who inexplicably obtained a piece of fruit: ...

Xinghai Guanglai: "Huh?"

Is he being treated like a child?

But looking at the man's expression, it didn't seem like that. He swallowed his displeasure and said, "Thank you."

Xinghai felt that he was still very polite.

But after he finished speaking, he found that the other party was still looking at him with those sparkling eyes.

Xinghai: ...

What? One sentence isn't enough, do you want another?

Bai Bu finally recovered from his awkward state. He felt that he had definitely become a master of Jiancheng's language. Out of subtle psychological reasons, perhaps to make up for his previous misjudgment, he really thought that Jiancheng would call people strange names when he went up to them. In the end, it was just normal social interaction. In short, he took on the responsibility of translating: "Perhaps, classmate, do you want to make friends with him?"

The farmer nodded and continued to watch the sea of ​​stars.

When Jiancheng Xinyi stared at people, the frequency of his eyes blinking was very strange, a bit like a prescribed machine: "Yes."

Shirabu: ...

Okay, just get used to it. Jiancheng’s condition won’t be cured in a day or two.

The Oudai duo didn't know what to say. How could the atmosphere in Miyagi become like this?

However, Xinghai still held out his hand with the intention of beating everyone up on the field. "Okay, hello, I'm Xinghai Guanglai."

This should be fine.

Then, with several pairs of eyes on him, the blue-haired man shook his hand.

At this moment, Baibu's right eyelid suddenly twitched.

Baibu: "Wait."

Jiancheng spoke: "Hello Shuanggua, I am the new farmer Jiancheng." (Note 2)

Shirabu: ...

Others: ...

This person must be sick.

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Author's words: Note 1: In reality, some people say that the number of IH teams is 48, while others say it is 49. This article actually lists 49 participating teams. If this is wrong, please treat it as a personal setting. However, Chungao has 52 teams.

Note 2: Frost melon, winter crop

The update should be at noon, if it is finished.

Finally: I suddenly realized that I haven’t carefully shown everyone the farmer’s personality, so I’ll post it here (and I’ll probably update the farmer’s recent troubles later XD)——

Kenjo Shinichi:

First year at Shiratorizawa High School

Class 5, Grade 1

Position in the team: Setter (S)

Height: 186.7cm (this data is when school starts in April) (189cm in the second year of high school, 191.3cm in the third year of high school)

Weight: 82.2 kg (this data is when school starts in April) (83.5 kg for the second year of high school, 85 kg for the third year of high school)

Birthday: July 27

Favorite food: Chocolate cake/Oolong tea

Recent annoyances: Parsnip and Abigail say "living hats" look like potted plants / Lewis always wants to confiscate his costumes

Ability (full score is 5):

Strength: 5

Jumps: 4

Speed: 4

Tips: 5

Physical fitness: 5

Brains: 5 (not just volleyball)

ps: Off-field emotional intelligence is only 2